Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Ferrari 458 Italia: Where is the stick shift?

Ah the Ferrari 458 Italia, successor to the very invigorating F430. As Ferrari tries to turn their road car interiors into Formula One like cockpits, the visceral mechanical interface has been replaced by lots of buttons and digitized computer readouts. But the most disappointing aspect of this new 458 Italia is the unavailability of a true manual transmission. The 458 dual clutch transmission is brilliant as dual clutch transmission goes, but when you plunk down over $230,000 for an exotic sports car you should be able to get a real manual transmission!  Bloody hell.  


No manual option?  Really?

Still Sounds awesome though.

Switches, buttons, paddles... Just give me a manual tranny!

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